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Headline risk

8%

Low Risk

Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders

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United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.

7.1 current · 7.6 projectedConfidence medium

Why This Score

Tasks 100%

Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities

Wage $40K

Median annual wage

Demand 7%

Projected employment change over 10 years

Preparation Zone 2

Typical preparation needed for this occupation

Occupation profile

Operate or tend equipment such as cooling and freezing units, refrigerators, batch freezers, and freezing tunnels, to cool or freeze products, food, blood plasma, and chemicals.

Task evidence

100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage

Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works

United States Now

Median Wage

USD 40,160

Employment 2024

7.1K

Projected Change (2024–34)

7.2%

Openings (2024–34)

0.8K

Wage distribution

Bottom 10%: USD 33,71025th pctl: USD 36,150Median: USD 40,16075th pctl: USD 49,150Top 10%: USD 62,760

Demand outlook

Projections published, but no prose outlook available.

Education: High school diploma or equivalent Experience: —

Role Profile

AdaptabilityDetail orientedProblem solving and decision making

Tasks

  • 1. Start machinery, such as pumps, feeders, or conveyors, and turn valves to heat, admit, or transfer products, refrigerants, or mixes. AI use: 0%
  • 2. Monitor pressure gauges, ammeters, flowmeters, thermometers, or products, and adjust controls to maintain specified conditions, such as feed rate, product consistency, temperature, air pressure, and machine speed. AI use: 0%
  • 3. Assemble equipment, and attach pipes, fittings, or valves, using hand tools. AI use: 0%
  • 4. Record temperatures, amounts of materials processed, or test results on report forms. AI use: 0%
  • 5. Correct machinery malfunctions by performing actions such as removing jams, and inform supervisors of malfunctions as necessary. AI use: 0%
  • 6. Read dials and gauges on panel control boards to ascertain temperatures, alkalinities, and densities of mixtures, and turn valves to obtain specified mixtures. AI use: 0%

Technologies

Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft WordGoogle Gmail

Requirements

License required: <15%License required: >85%

Work context

Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets 5.0/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 4.7/5
Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable 4.5/5
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled 4.3/5
Spend Time Standing 4.3/5
Health and Safety of Other Workers 4.2/5

Worker profile

Median age 40.4 · 242K employed

Under 25: 16% · 25–54: 64% · 55+: 21%

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No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.

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